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Re: [b-hebrew] "...she shall be called woman" masculine??

From: "Dr. Joel M. Hoffman" <joel AT exc.com>
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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] "...she shall be called woman" masculine??
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 10:06:51 -0500 (EST)

>Genesis 2:23 - "...she shall be called woman". YiQaReA (niphal), I had
>expected the feminine here. It seems that there is a subliminal message in

This subject of the verb is "it," (or, technically in linguistics
terms, "pro"). This is the same "it" that we find in the English
"it's raining," or "it's a good idea to...."

The basic idea is "people shall call this [ZOT] woman [ISHA]." ZOT is
the indirect object, not the subject. Frequently, an indirect object
can become the subject of a passive verb, but here it did not.

-Joel

Joel M. Hoffman, PhD
http://www.exc.com/JoelHoffman

[b-hebrew] "...she shall be called woman" masculine??, Chris and Nel, 01/04/2007
- Re: [b-hebrew] "...she shall be called woman" masculine??, pporta, 01/05/2007
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- Re: [b-hebrew] "...she shall be called woman" masculine??, Dr. Joel M. Hoffman, 01/05/2007